Michael Cohn

The International Federation of Accountants has been trying to build the reach and influence of the accounting profession in emerging markets in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world.

Mountjoy Chilton Medley has expanded its footprint in Cincinnati by adding Top 100 firm Elliott Davis Decosimo’s practice in that city.

The Internal Revenue Service has begun a new campaign to make tax preparers more aware of security risks that could expose their clients to identity theft and tax fraud.

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Executive Committee has drafted a set of implementation issues for nine different industries that it plans to incorporate in a guide to the new revenue recognition standard next year.

Deloitte has been working with the United States Golf Association to help the USGA broaden the appeal of golf and understand what is drawing players to the game.

Small business employment recovered in June, more than making up for a slight decline in May, according to new figures from the payroll giant Paychex.

RGL Forensics, a Denver-based financial investigations company, has added Stahl Forensic and Valuation Experts, a Florida-based forensic accounting and litigation firm, effective July 1.

CliftonLarsonAllen has merged in two firms: Peto & Company CPAs in Tucson, Ariz., and Repanich & Clevenger CPAs in Seattle, Wash., expanding the firm’s presence in both cities.

The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Tax Court are seeing their caseloads pile up as taxpayers, interest groups, tax attorneys and Congress let loose with a volley of lawsuits and legal challenges.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has created a series of YouTube videos explaining the ins and outs of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new lease accounting standard.

The Center for Audit Quality is offering an online set of questions to help audit committees determine whether the use of non-GAAP measures is appropriate or not.

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have finalized a rule requiring U.S. parent companies of large multinational public and private companies to provide financial data to the IRS on a country-by-country basis.

The International Valuation Standards Council and the Appraisal Foundation have released a document explaining how they plan to harmonize their standards for assessing the value of both tangible and intangible assets.

U.S. corporations overstated their net income more than $164 billion last year by publicizing non-GAAP measures, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of assessing the performance of its Volunteer Tax Return Preparation Program, according to a new report, which nevertheless found the volunteer tax preparers completed mostly accurate tax returns this past tax season.

Several state CPA societies have announced new leaders this past week, including California, Minnesota, New Jersey and New York.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a staff guidance document Tuesday to help auditing firms deal with new requirements for disclosing the names of engagement partners and outside firms that participated in an audit.

The Internal Revenue Service held a meeting Tuesday of its Security Summit members to discuss progress on combating identity theft-related tax refund fraud this past tax season along with plans for next year.

Grant Thornton’s Hong Kong firm is expanding by merging in Mabel Chan & Co., a firm founded by the vice president of the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Monday to propose amendments that would expand the threshold for businesses to qualify as a “smaller reporting company.”